With more people working a 9-5 in an office, a larger amount of our time is spent sitting down in the day rather than standing up. This poses a risk to our health research has linked sitting for long periods of time with a range of health concerns this includes obesity, increased blood pressure, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease.

One novel solution to fixing this problem was done by a group called “Ikea Hacker's” which created a large standing desk using a Book Case, a Vika Desktop and some Castor Wheels equipped with breaks to raise the desk and to allow for it to be moved around the office. This helps save money on expensive large standing desks, increase storage and protects from health problems. Read more here Standing desk on wheels made with Ikea’s Expedit shelving unit

Standing desks can be among the best ways to work but what if want to move your workspace? Ikea Hackers recently featured a standing desk that is on wheels and can be moved around.

If you are looking to create you're own version we would recommend using these casters to avoid floor marks and will hold 100kg each castor. Braked castor 125mm wheel diameter upto 100kg capacity

DIY Panoramic Tripod Head

Filming to a professional level requires image stabilisation whilst following an actor or object in a 360° radius. This problem can be remedied by using a Panoramic Tripod Head, but this is a very expensive purchase when buying branded products online. Youtuber: “Johnofknox” invented an easy to create DIY option using a simple Swivel Castor.

if you are a budding photographer and can weld you can purchase a swivel caster from here. 100dr4ny | Castors & Wheels | Industrial Castors | Atlas Handling

100dr4ny - Buy castors in our online store. Large choice of quality castors for all applications. We have decades of experience of supplying castors to industry. Free delivery on all orders over Â£50.00.

Do you interesting creations using castors? Contact us we would love to hear about it.

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